The Working Families Party has rescinded its initial endorsements of IDC opponents Oliver Koppell and John Liu today after voting in May to endorse both IDC challengers. In November there will be no name on the Working Families ballot line in the state senate races against IDC members Jeff Klein and Tony Avella. There were no petitions filed in those two races so there is to be no candidate of the WFP in the two senate races.
It appears that since the deal between State Senate Co-Leader and IDC head Jeff Klein and Governor Andrew Cuomo to have the IDC members share the leadership of the state senate with the Senate Democrat Conference instead of the Senate Republican Conference, all seems to be well with the WFP.
Despite the move by the WFP to have no name on their November election ballot line in the two state senate races where IDC members have Democratic primaries the two challengers Oliver Koppell and John Liu are continuing with their campaigns in the Democratic primary.
Queens state senate candidate John Liu has picked up the endorsement of Queens Borough President Melinda Katz, and one has to wonder what Mr. Katz (AKA Curtis Swila) will have to say on the political rundown tomorrow night on Inside City Hall.
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Ollie's problem right now is that he is running against the wrong Jeff. Instead of running against political powerhouse Jeff Klein for state Senate, Koppell should run against the disloyal political pipsqueak Jeff Dinowitz for the Assembly seat that Koppell held for 22 years.
Yes, Mr. Koppell should definitely go for Mr. Dinowitz's occupied but virtually unwatched assembly seat. It is a much easier lift for him.
Disloyal? Wasn't it Oliver Koppell who stabbed Dinowitz in the back in 2008 when Koppell sided with Larry Seabrook and Maria Baez in supporting Jose Rivera over Dinowitz for Chairman of the Bronx Democratic County Committee?
Dinowitz would crush Koppell. And the last day to file petitions was July 10 anyway, so Koppell is out of luck.
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